Arvind Kejriwal's Challenge To ED Arrest : Live Updates From Supreme Court

J Khanna: please make your arguments on interim bail. we will hear you...he has avoided summons 9 times, understood

Mehta: Chief Minister is evading summons...this will send a wrong message and demoralize a real common man...he gets luxury of campaigning

J Khanna: we have understood your objection

J Khanna: we don't want any murmurs, or comments

Mehta: your Lordships will not be able to control that

Mehta: this is unfortunate

J Khanna: they are entitled to say arrest was just before elections

Mehta: Your conclusion is after hearing them for 3 days. we must get opportunity to counter

J Khanna: they argued for 2 days. You argue till 1 o clock

Mehta: to bind us down may not be fair

Mehta: If he had cooperated, maybe he would not have been arrested. Now he says I want to campaign. All common men are at par

J Khanna: argument from that side is...from larger perspective...

J Khanna: we certainly do not want that politicians who are involved in crimes be treated differently

Mehta: question is whether you should or should not grant interim bail. he was called 6 months back, becomes judge in own cause

Mehta: There can't be any deviation only because he is a CM. Are we carving out exception for politicians? would campaigning for elections be more important?

J Khanna: that's separate. elections are held once in 5 years. we don't appreciate this

J Khanna: He is elected CM of Delhi. There are elections...These are extraordinary circumstances. He's not a habitual...

SG Mehta: What example are we sitting. Are other people less important than CM?

J Khanna: at 12.30, we will go into question of interim bail

Raju: then I am handicapped, they have argued fully